Episcopal Diocese v. Harnish

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the constitution of the general church establishes an express trust in favor of the general church
• finding express trust provision in denominational church constitution dispositive after finding no support for creation of a trust in deeds, certificate of incorporation, or state law
• finding express trust provision in the hierarchical church constitution dispositive in favor of the hierarchical church, even though deeds, certificate of incorporation, and state law contained no language supporting creation of such a trust
• finding express trust provision in the hierarchical church constitution dispositive in favor of the hierarchical church, even - 24 - though deeds, certificate of incorporation, and state law contained no language supporting creation of such a trust
• the Dennis Canon clearly establishes an express trust in favor of the National Episcopal Church
• “We conclude that the Dennis Canons clearly establish an express trust in favor of the Rochester Diocese and the National Church.”

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Cited by

23 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Masterson v. Diocese of Northwest Texas
  Texas Supreme Court· 2013-08-30· cited 96×
• Church Of God In Christ, Inc. v. L. M. Haley Ministries, Inc.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2017-09-21· cited 33×
• Episcopal Church in Diocese of Connecticut v. Gauss
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2011-10-11· cited 21×
• Rector, Wardens & Vestrymen of Christ Church in Savannah v. Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-07-08· cited 14×
• Hope Presbyterian Church v. Presbyterian Church
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2012-11-29· cited 12×
• Rector of Christ Church v. Bishop of Episcopal Diocese of Georgia, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-11-21· cited 10×
• Blaudziunas v. Egan
  New York Court of Appeals· 2011-12-13· cited 10×
• Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of South Carolina v. Episcopal Church
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2017-08-02· cited 9×
• Presbytery of Hudson River of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) v. Trustees of First Presbyterian Church & Congregation
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2010-01-12· cited 6×
• Hope Presbyterian Church v. Presbyterian Church
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2011-04-27· cited 2×
• Resource Center v. NYSARC, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2010-06-11· cited 2×
• Craine v. NYSARC, Inc.
  New York Supreme Court· 2010-08-19· cited 1×
• Blaudziunas v. Egan
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2010-06-29· cited 1×
• Metropolitan New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America v. David
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2012-05-01· cited 1×
• Governing Body Commn. of the Intl. Socy. of Krishna Consciousness v. Britten
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2022-12-07· cited 1×
• Unnamed case
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2012-04-25
• The Falls Church v. Protestant Episcopal Church
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2013-04-18
• Unnamed case
  Texas Supreme Court· 2013-08-30
• Episcopal Diocese of Long Is. v. St. Matthias Nondenominational Ministries, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2018-01-17
• Eltingville Lutheran Church v. Rimbo
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2019-07-31

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jones v. Wolf
  Supreme Court· 1979-07-02· cited 834×
• First Presbyterian Church v. United Presbyterian Church in United States
  New York Court of Appeals· 1984-05-15· cited 94×
• Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar, Inc. v. Kahana
  New York Court of Appeals· 2007-11-20· cited 59×
• Trustees of the Diocese v. Trinity Episcopal Church
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1999-01-21· cited 26×

Other cases named Episcopal Diocese v. Harnish

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Episcopal Diocese v. Harnish
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2007-09-28
• Episcopal Diocese v. Harnish
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2007-09-28